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SINGAPORE VOTED BEST SEAPORT IN ASIA Singapore, 27 April 2011 Singapore Voted Best Seaport In Asia Singapore won the ‘Best Seaport in Asia’ award for the 23rd time at the 25th Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA). The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) received the prestigious award this evening on behalf …

SINGAPORE — China is already one of the world’s largest offshore energy producers. It wants to become bigger still by finding more oil and natural gas in home waters or in zones close to China, to avoid becoming excessively dependent on foreign imports. However, China’s evolving energy security strategy could further complicate its relations with …

The Indian government is planning an anti-piracy law to counter pirates on the high seas, with clear powers to prosecute and punish the outlaws even if they are caught outside its territorial waters. Of late, India’s shipping industry and a large community of sailors has been gripped by worries over riding the seas with Somali pirates …

India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have joined hands to keep the seas in their sphere of influence free from unwanted visitors such as pirates, interlopers and drugrunners. “With Somali pirates getting closer, we have deep concern and are working closely with India and Sri Lanka in preventing any unwarranted incident. We have over 25,000 …

Piracy is a booming business in northern Somalia, and no one has a workable plan to deal with it. For the first three months of this year, there were 97 attacks on ships by Somali pirates. In the first three months of 2010, there were only 35 attacks. The pirates are going farther out to …

A group of 18 suspected pirates, who were detained a fortnight ago by Finnish minelayer Phojanmaa, have been released as no country was willing to accept or prosecute them. The group of Somali men, who were arrested as part of the EU Atlanta anti-piracy operation, were set loose on the shores of their own country …

A Somali man accused of acting as chief negotiator for pirates who took four Americans hostage and killed them in February is scheduled for an arraignment hearing in Virginia. Mohammad Saaili Shibin will appear before a federal judge in Norfolk on Wednesday. He faces piracy, kidnapping and weapons charges in association with the hijacking of …

PHILIPPINE SEA – As part of ongoing training to improve and maintain damage control readiness aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Avenger (MCM 1), Sailors aboard the ship completed a series of real-life scenario drills on shipboard systems on April 26. From U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stressed that China would never seek hegemony in future when it becomes a developed country.   He said China adhered to the independent foreign policy of peace, and to the policy of building good relationship and partnership with neighboring countries.   …

Somali pirates have freed a Panama-flagged bulk cargo vessel with 24 Filipinos on board, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday. Liberian-owned MV Renuar, seized on December 11 about 1,500 nautical miles east of lawless Somalia, was released Saturday and now sailing to Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates with its 24 all-Filipino crew on …